THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5426, 20 May 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The first German warship to visit these shores since the war. will be the cruiser Emden, scheduled to reach Auckand orf June 26 in the course of a world tour. She is the modern successor of the famous Emden, which was sunk by H.M.A.S. Sydney.

The death of E. Warner, the wellknown hurdles and steeplechase jockey, of Hamilton, occurred at the Wanganui Hospital on Saturday evening as a result of injuries sustained when his mount, Gala Day, fell in the Rata Hurdles, the opening event of the second day of the Wanganui Jockey Club’s .meeting. Warner sustained severe facial and internal injuries, and he died in hospital about five hours later.

Hamilton will soon fall into line with other centres in the matter of the installation of thb “talkies.” It is expected that within three months the theatres there will be wired, and Hamilton film-lovers will be able to enjoy what is proving a sensational success elsewhere.

The receipt of four sums of “conscience money” is acknowledged in the Gazette by the Secretary to the Treasury. The largest was £lB, forwarded to the Railway Department, which also received 7s 6d. The General Post Office received 5s and 8s 2d.

The eleventh annual report of Wilson’s (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company states that the net profit for the year is £85,586. Other credits bring the appropriation account up to £116,252. The directors recommend the payment of a ten per cent, dividend, the transfer of £25,000. to the reserve and the carrying forward of £61,252.

A crowded house at the Aurora Theatre on Saturday night appreciated to the full an evening’s entertainment by the famous Lynch Family. Individual praise to such a wellbalanced company is hard to apportion, but little Miss Norma Hall with her impersonations and comic effusions was the undoubted favourite of the audience. Miss Pauline Kitchen’s and Mr Lester Barry’s singing was roundly applauded, the former’s whistling and the latter’s rendering of “Ramona” being especially acclaimed. Peals of happy laughter greeted the humorous dialogues of these two. The Lynch brothers’ manipulation of the silver chimes was vociferously applauded, while their glassophonic music held the listeners spellbound.

Deer in New Zealand numbered about 300,000 head in 1922. They have have increased greatly since. These deer in 1922 displaced sheep and catthe equivalent to 450,000 head of sheep. Taking the revenue per sheep per annum to be 10s (a low value), we have a direct loss due to deer of £225,000 per annum. Deer do almost incalculable damage to the indigenous and exotic forests, and to some district farm crops. The value of deer to the acclimatisation societies averages £1393 per annum at £2 per license. Woods’ (heat Peppermint Cure First aid for coughs, colds, influeps*